SocietyPress 1.0.0 — first public release

First public release.

SocietyPress is a free, GPL-licensed WordPress platform that gives a
volunteer-run genealogical or historical society everything it needs to
operate online — members, dues, events, library, newsletters, records,
volunteers, donations, blast email, committees, documents, photos, voting,
lineage programs, and research help — without third-party services.

What's in 1.0

Members (always on)

• Full membership database with custom fields, household/joint members,
  research surnames, research areas, and skills/interests
• Renewal reminders, lapsed-member workflows, lifetime members
• Pending-changes queue so member-initiated edits land in moderation
• CSV import with field mapping; full data export
• XChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption (via libsodium) on phone numbers and
  street addresses at rest

Optional modules (toggle in Settings → Modules)

• Events — calendar, registration with capacity + waitlist, speakers,
  slot-based events, iCal subscribe, Stripe/PayPal payments, attendance
  check-in, recurring series, external iCal feed sync
• Library — full OPAC-style catalog with faceted search, browse-by
  sections, ISBN enrichment, donor tracking, condition + availability
• Newsletters — archive with searchable cover gallery and inline PDF
  viewer
• Resource Links — categorized external links with maintenance tools
• Governance — committees, meeting records, leadership roster
• Store — online publication sales with per-item shipping, Stripe
  and PayPal checkout, order management
• Records — collection-based historical record sets with custom fields,
  member submissions, search, and .genrecord open-format import/export
• Donations — one-time and recurring donations, campaigns,
  acknowledgments, year-end reports
• Blast Email — newsletter blasts, segmented sends, plain-text or
  templated HTML, delivery log
• Photo Gallery — albums with member uploads, Picture Wall public view
• Help Requests — public-facing research-question intake with member
  responses and admin moderation
• Documents — gated members-only document library with categories
• Voting & Elections — multi-question ballots, eligibility rules,
  anonymous secrecy, results with charts and CSV export
• Lineage Programs — "First Families"-style heritage recognition with
  application review and optional public roster
• Research Services — paid research request workflow with assignment,
  hours tracking, invoicing

Themes

• Parent theme + five GPL child themes (Coastline, Heritage, Ledger,
  Parlor, Prairie), each with palette-on-activation and per-section
  Customizer controls

Site building

• 21+ page-builder widgets covering hero sliders, contact cards, event
  lists, calendars, donation forms, member directories, library catalogs,
  research guides, and more
• Page templates for members-only content, search, and login modal
• PWA manifest with offline fallback page

Security

• All AJAX endpoints nonce + capability gated
• Stripe + PayPal webhook signature verification
• Server-side outbound HTTP for iCal sync and color extraction is
  DNS-rebinding pinned (CURLOPT_RESOLVE)
• File uploads validated against an explicit MIME allowlist; .htaccess
  drops PHP execution in upload paths
• Email header CR/LF stripping in sp_get_email_headers() so a stray
  newline in admin-edited From/Reply-To settings cannot inject Bcc/Cc
• Legacy noenc: decryption fallback removed; on activation any surviving
  rows are re-encrypted via sp_maybe_migrate_noenc_members()
• Stripe Checkout redirect URLs validated via sp_safe_stripe_checkout_url()
  at every checkout site (lineage applications, donations, research cases,
  invoice payments)
• GDPR: five exporters and five erasers (donations pseudonymize for IRS
  recordkeeping rather than delete)

Accessibility

• Custom spConfirm/spAlert modals with focus management, focus traps,
  inert siblings, and screen-reader-friendly labels
• WCAG AA color contrast across status badges, links, and admin tables
• Form labels, aria-live regions, and prefers-reduced-motion guards
• Login acknowledgment modal that requires explicit dismissal
• Filter-bar <select> controls in the Members, Events, and Email Log
  list tables now expose visible-label-equivalent aria-label text
• Page builder widget cards are keyboard-operable (Enter / Space toggles
  open/closed; aria-expanded tracks the body's visible state)
• 48 page-builder widget fields now have programmatically associated
  labels (for=/id=) across flat and repeater field patterns
• Hero slider per-line size/weight/color selects and per-slide Button
  Text / Button URL inputs each have their own labels
• Theme builder hex-color text inputs are labeled per color
• Lineage application form fields are fully label-associated
• Donations bulk-action "select all" checkbox has an associated label

Internationalization

• 4,600+ translatable strings, generated .pot files for plugin and
  parent theme
• Page template names ("Library Catalog", "Genealogical Records Search",
  "Store", "Shopping Cart", "Documents", "Interest Groups") now
  translatable in the WordPress page Template dropdown
• Frontend event-count plural moved to _n() ("1 event" / "%s events")
• Frontend event location labels for virtual events translated
• Design Settings, Event Categories, Event price fields, Page Builder
  "Standard Pages" description, and Events Import file-format helper
  strings wrapped with the societypress text domain

Operations

• One-file installer (sp-installer.php) — drop into web root, browse to
  it, follow the wizard, the installer self-deletes after success
• Built-in dashboard update checker against GitHub releases
• Daily maintenance cron, email-log cleanup, renewal reminder cron,
  event reminder cron, iCal feed sync cron

License

• GPL-2.0-or-later